Österreichische Kardiologische Gesellschaft 

 

Archive

 

 

Events

 

2009-2010

 

• Expert to Expert, January 2009, 2010
• Symposium: Intervention in cardiac device therapy, September 2009/2010
• Cardio Arena, October 2009

 

 

2009

 

• WG Meeting Expert Meeting Geinberg 4/24/2009
• WG Meeting ASC Salzburg 6/5/2009
• WG Meeting ASIM General Hospital Vienna 9/18/2009

 

2008

 

• WG Meeting Leogang - 1/12/2008
• WG Meeting Loipersdorf - 4/25/2008
• WG Meeting ASC Salzburg - 6/5/2009
• WG Meeting ESC Munich - 9/1/2008
• WG Meeting OGIM Graz - 8/17/2008
• 50 Years of pacemakers Vienna (Austrian Heart Foundation) - 9/28/2008
• Czech-Austrian Roundtable (10/10-10/11/2008) in Retz, Lower Austria

 

2007

 

• WG Meeting Hospital Mödling - 1/19/2007
• WG Meeting General Hospital Vienna - 3/27/2007
• WG Meeting Geinberg 4/27/2007
• WG Meeting ASC Salzburg - 6/1/2007
• WG Meeting ESC Vienna - 9/3/2007
• WG Directors Meeting Pernegg - 10/19-20/2007
• 3rd Czech Austrian Roundtable (10/19-20/2007) in Krumau, CZ
  Interactive meeting of the Working Group on Arrhythmias and Cardiac Pacing of the Czech Society of Cardiology and the Working Group on Arrhythmias of the Austrian Society of Cardiology
  Core themes:
  - Imaging in Ablation
  - Mapping and Navigation in AF Ablation
  - Optimising Outcome in CRT
  - ICD Risk Stratification

Activities

 

 

• Austrian Ablation Registry. Prospective web-based registry in 2007. www.rhythmologie.at
• Participation in the European CRT Survey – A Joint initiative of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC and the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)
  European cardiac resynchronization therapy survey: rationale and design. CRT Survey Scientific Committee. Eur J Heart Fail 2009
  The European cardiac resynchronization therapy survey. Dickstein K et al; on behalf of the Scientific Committee and National Coordinators. EHJ 2009
• 3 x annual WG meetings

 

Ablations Online Regis

• Installation of a web-based prospective ABLATION REGISTRY with access code for each centre:www.rhythmologie.at

 

Online Registry of Heart Pacemakers

• This is in development under consideration of data protection aspects

 

Website of the WG for Rhythmology

• Introduction of the WG and the active nucleus members
• Information about the rhythmological spectrum of services in individual departments
• Service-oriented payment system (LKF)

• Successful application of the ablation centres at the MH for an adequate compensation for the ablation of auricular fibrillation
• Substantial increase in LKF points for all left atrial ablations (New MEL 6547) as of 2008
• Planned application for the reimbursement ”Home Monitoring“ of implanted devices

 

• Statement/endorsement of the WG in respect to the updated ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for the prevention of sudden cardiac death through implantable defibrillators (ICDs)

 

• Planned exhibition of pacemakers in the Technical Museum based on the initiative of Prof. Steinbach with active support by the WG (fall 2008)

 

 

 

Registry

 

 

Ablation Registry (prospective online registry since 05/2007)

www.rhythmologie.at

 

Pacemaker Registry by the Austrian Health Institute
In development, in use as of 2009 following a data protection review

 

ICD/CRT Registry

 

Certified EP training

 

 

Providing an EP Fellowship Award to two young Austrian electrophysiologists (Course director Prof. Hindricks, Leipzig)

Dr. Christina Steger (Rudolfstiftung Vienna)

Dr. Lukas Fiedler (Hospital Mödling) for the participation in training module 1 (Anatomy, SVTs).

 

Publications

 

 

Position Report Telemedicine in cardiology
M. Gruska, Journal of Cardiology 2009 for the WG for Rhythmology and the WG for Non-Invasive Electrophysiology of the ASC Journal of Cardiology 2009; 16 (3-4): 66-70

 

The EHRA White Book 2008
The Current Status of Cardiac Electrophysiology in ESC Member Countries
J. Brugada, P. Vardas, C. Wolpert; www.escardio.org/EHRA, Austria, pages 21-27

 

Recommendations for the perioperative management of patients with implanted pacemakers or defibrillators
H. Gombotz, M. Anelli-Monti, N. Leitgeb, M. Nürnberg, B. Strohmer; The Anaesthetist 2009

 

Perioperative management of patients with implanted pacemakers or cardioverter/defibrillators. Recommendations of the Austrian Society for Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care Medicine, the Austrian Society for Cardiology and the Austrian Society for Surgery. Anaesthesist 2009 May;58(5):485-98

Richter B., Derntl M., Marx M., Lercher P., Gössinger H.D.
Therapy with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, and statins: no effect on ablation outcome after ablation of atrial fibrillation.
Am Heart J, 2007 Jan; 153 (1): 113-9 [Impact Factor 3.514]

Martinek M., Aichinger J., Nesser H.J., Ziegler P.D., Pürerfellner H.
New insights into long-term follow-up of atrial fibrillation: full disclosure by an implantable pacemaker device.
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2007; 18(8): 818-23 [Impact Factor 3.265]

Wisser W., Seebacher G., Fleck T., Aigner C., Khazen C., Stix G., Hutschala D., Wolner E.
Permanent chronic atrial fibrillation: is pulmonary vein isolation alone enough?
Ann Thorac Surg 2007; 84(4):1151-7 [Impact Factor 2.342]

Sodeck G.H., Domanovits H., Meron G., Rauscha F., Losert H., Thalmann M., Vlcek M., Laggner A.N.
Compromising bradycardia: management in the emergency department.
Resuscitation 2007; 73(1):96-102 [Impact Factor 2.314]

Fischer G., Stühlinger M.Ch., Nowak C.N., Wieser I., Tilg B., Hintringer F.
On computing dominant frequency form bipolar intracardiac electrograms.
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2007; 54(1): 165-9 [Impact Factor 2.302]

 

 

Scientific Highlights 2008-2010

 

• ESC guidelines on the Management of Atrial Fibrillation
  Cardiac Pacing and cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy and Focused Update CRT/HF SYNCOPE (Guidelines on Diagnosis and treatment of)
• Shift Study
  Procoralan for CHF
• ATHENA
  Effect of dronedarone on cardiovascular events in atrial fibrillation. Hohnloser SH et al., ATHENA Investigators. NEJM 2009
• RELY
  Dabigatran versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation. Connolly SJ; RE-LY Steering Committee and Investigators. NEJM 2009
• AF-Ablation vs AADs
  A systematic review of randomized trials comparing radiofrequency ablation with antiarrhythmic medications in patients with atrial fibrillation. Nair GM, et al. JCE 2009
• IRIS
  Defibrillator implantation early after myocardial infarction. Steinbeck G, et al. IRIS Investigators. NEJM 2009
• MADIT-CRT
  Cardiac-resynchronization therapy for the prevention of heart-failure events. Moss AJ, et al; MADIT-CRT Trial Investigators. NEJM 2009
• FIX-HF5
  A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of cardiac contractility modulation in patients with systolic heart failure: Rationale, design, and baseline patient characteristics. W. Abraham et al. AHJ, 2008

 

 

 

Research projects

 

 

Perioperative management of SM-ICD patients

• Prospective study protocol for the standardised perioperative management of pacemakers and ICD patients within Austria
• Cooperation with anaesthesiological and surgical departments
• Development of obligatory guidelines